The Labor enquirer., 1887-02-26

Steel Workers. shs K116h(s = 1EcI
Opposed the strike and osdo61 -
sumption Of work Wills ~ agnelnn'
atsd leaders forbid The ms6 tltl1ni6d
until the demands WerS ooot tsdod.
This is regarded as The beGinllls ~
fight in which danger q thso Inasd
identical with that NV exislin6 b6tWoon
the Knights and the InheEndtio1al Cpl
Makers Union-that he men h.udt Givd
up one or the other association.
The Amalganated Ass6cistlon =
been bringing IN new LODGE even week
and have been especially succeafhl
among the steel worksfa This increase
Of new members alone y cid 10 nov
amount TO about 4. 100 men. Two new
lodges were Organized within . couple
of days. One is at Terre Hsuts. Indi-
ana, and the other at Bernwood. Wsst
Virginia. 1t is said that 70 dav The
Amalg mated Association ID stronger
than at any time in its hiatofy.
The ANA 'gamated Association b still
voting on the proposition to join the
Knights Of Labor in body. which waa
made by the latter organization last
summer. In all Of the lodges that have
been heard from 70o members have
voted to Join the Knights Of Labor.
while over 5000 have voted aeainss It. !
LArEE:-PIrTsBuRa. Feb. "a. The
iron workers strike has resulted In .
declaration of war between the Amales-
mated association and the Knights Of
Labor. Q All efforts towards q compro-
mise have failed and open warfare has
been inaugurated. W. h. Bailey Of the
executive board of the knights Of Labor
threatens to fill the mill with men from
other places. while the Amalesmated
officials will use all their power Of per-
suasion to keep outsiders from going to
work. Mr.. Bailey is now on the
ground, and President Weihe and Sec
retary Martin Of the Amalgamated asso.
sociation removed their headquarters to
Mingo this afternoon.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 1.-Two carmen,
named Deane and Site, we're arrested
by police detectives, and are charged
with having intended to produce . dyn-
amite explosion. The detectives seem
to have known before hand that at Q
certain time and at a certain place .
certain man will have dynamite in his
possession. They perhaps knew that
person would make an attempt at run.
ming, but would be stopped at certain
point by certain policeman. Nobody
doubts but that the whole affair is aput-
up job. NJ
Six local assemblies Of BARRIERS in Mas
sachdsetts have seeded from the rider
and started an open national oraaniss-
ton. The Philadelphia tonsoriaiists
have also cut loose and gone into trade
union.
In response to the order of the gen
eral assembly to either quit the Knights
OF Labor or the union. the Dubuque
Qowa) branch of the cigarmakers' union
has decided to quit the former.
Tive local assemblies Of tailors have
vii hdrswn from the Knights of Labor
in Philadelphia. The iorneymen bar
bers Of the same city have surrendered,
their charter and reorgsnized as trade.
D.. A. Al of Baltimore prohibits IFS
local assemblies from paying taxes to
the Federation of Trades. The plsces of
these L. AS have been taken by open
trade uLions. an d the assemblies have
gone to pieces.
A column or so more of interesting
news concerning the starving men and
women who work for wages in this land,
is crowded out of this issue, that full
space may be given to the description of
the new, luxurious and elegant home of
the executive board of the K. of Il